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EATC-Broschłre Excellence at your side OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU Armed forces face increasingly complex engagement scenarios where there is no room for error. In this demanding environment you can count on our expert teams who are committed to bringing you cutting edge, combat-proven technology and autonomy in defence. AIR AIR MARITIME BATTLEFIELD DOMINANCE DEFENCE SUPERIORITY ENGAGEMENT www.mbda-systems.com Contents 2/3 Ready for free skies Lieutenant General Alexander Schnitger, Chairman of the Military Transport Committee 4/5 Foreword Major General Christian Badia, Commander of the EATC 6 Deep integration into the national command structures 6 The new structure of the EATC 8 The assigned fleet 10 The Operational Division 14 The Challenges of Long Term Planning 16 AECC: The EATC Aeromedical Evacuation Control Centre 20 ATARES: Air Transport & Air-to-Air Refuelling and other Exchange of Services 21 MEAT: Management of European Air Transport 22 The Functional Division This brochure was produced and published in close co- operation with EATC by mediakompakt. All rights re- served. Reprint or copies only with written permission of 36 the publisher and/or EATC: The accession of Christian Dewitz Spain and Italy to the EATC mediakompakt Mainzer Straße 30 55430 Oberwesel Deutschland [email protected] www.bundeswehr-journal.de Image sources: European Air Transport Command, European Defence Agency, Public Affairs Office German Air Force, Airbus Military. Edition: October 2015. 1 Ready for free skies – integrated, innovative, effective! Unsurprisingly,the European Air Trans- relinquishment of their sovereignty to from employment, training and exer- port Command is seen in the contem- enable the effective and efficient exe- cise matters over to logistical regula- porary European debate on Pooling and cution over assigned Air Transport,Air- tions and airworthiness questions. Sharing as a lighthouse-example. to-Air Refuelling as well as Aeromedi- Finally the EATC plays a decisive role I think this is very much justified by cal Evacuation assets under the opera- in the smooth introduction of the Air- the fact that for the first time ever sev- tional control of the EATC. bus A400M, the upcoming backbone eral nations – Belgium, France, Ger- Moreover, defined levels of authori- of military Air Transport in the heart many, Italy, Luxembourg, the Nether- ty were granted by the nations over all of Europe. Operating from Dutch Eind- lands and Spain – accepted the partial aspects of force generation – ranging hoven Airbase, the EATC is the first 2 multinational headquarters which is an integral part of every Participating Nation’s military structure – and always aiming to benefit them. After nearly five years of operations, I assess the achievements of the EATC team as: Convincing for the time being – and promising for the way ahead. Lieutenant General Alexander Schnitger, Chairman of the Military Transport Committee (MATraC) 3 4 As time progresses, so does the expe- rience level at the EATC. The path towards becoming the Center of Ex- cellence in all military Air Transport- related matters, such as logistics, air- to-air refueling and aeromedical evac- uation looks quite promising. To illustrate with numbers and sta- tistics: in 2014 the EATC controlled over 7500 flights with a total of more than 45 000 flying hours; close to 280 000 passengers and 19 000 tons of cargo. Be- performance level of our nations’ air to optimize already existing Air-to-Air sides that, in 2014, the EATC expand- transport capabilities by means of train- Refueling capabilities. ed from five to seven Partner Nations. ing, standardization and harmonization Overall, a variety of topics need tack- From 2016 onwards, we will have of procedures and regulations and the ling and I conclude by the saying „You gained operational control over more way of working of all key actors in- cannot predict the future, but you can than 220 military transport aircraft, which volved. shape it“ – so let’s move on! means that out of more than 20 differ- Furthermore, we will provide our ent aircraft types, the EATC air trans- stakeholders with concepts and ideas as port fleet in itself comprises about 75 to how to proceed in the future. percent of all military air transport as- A recent example of our work is the sets in Europe. key role we play with the employment Besides our own achievements, it is of new aircraft types, such as the Air- worthwhile mentioning that discussi- bus A400M. A variety of concepts for ons in Europe about European Armed the A400M were written by the EATC Forces or comparable multinational or- for the benefit of and in close coordi- ganizations are becoming more and more nation with our A400M-user nations. prominent. Here, the EATC is very often Another example is the hard work mentioned as a possible model for fu- our people put in to overcome the ture cooperation. tanker shortfall in Europe. An overall From my perspective – based on first- Major General Christian Badia, initiative from the European Defence hand experience thus far – I strongly Commander of the EATC Agency where the EATC is in the lead support those thoughts and arguments. On a daily basis, the EATC proves its added value by the positive effects of sharing common ideas, reducing both bureaucracy and the logistical footprint within nations resulting in an overall decrease in infrastructural and travel- ing costs. Because of the amount of trust and confidence displayed by all participants in this type of organization, future chal- lenges can be dealt with more effec- tively and thus more efficiently. As I outlined before, our focus will remain on becoming the Centre of Ex- cellence for Military Air Transport in Eu- rope. To achieve this, we will have to maintain momentum in increasing the 5 6 Deep integration into the national command structures The Commander European Air Transport Command (COM EATC) is a Major General once to twice a year, usually at the EATC (NATO two stars).The Chief of Staff (COS) is a Brigadier General (NATO one star) who in Eindhoven. directs the staff and acts as the Deputy Commander (DCOM).The posts of Commanding The MATraC gives guidance and di- General, DCOM and Division Heads are filled by EATC framework nations on a rota- rectives to the Commander EATC and tional basis. every six months at least, the COM EATC The positions of the Commander EATC Command and the Wing/Squadron level. reports to the MATraC, exposes his visions and Chief of Staff will for the time being The Multinational Air Transport Committee for the future and explains the achieve- rotate every two years between France and (MATraC) is the EATC steering-board. It ments and improvements done during the Germany and the Heads of Operational and is constituted by representatives of the sev- last months. Functional Division are changed at a three- en nations at the Air Chief level and meets year interval between the Netherlands and Belgium. All the other permanent EATC staff positions are filled on a flag-to-post ba- sis, whose tour of duty lasts on average three years. Within the Command each nation is re- presented by a Senior National Represen- tative (SNR), who is responsible for the ad- ministration of his or her nation’s personnel assigned to the EATC.The SNRs hold re- gular posts in the Peacetime Establishment (PE) of the EATC and are therefore double- hatted. So overall more than 220 people from seven different nations work day to day for a more efficient and effective use of AT assets. By design the EATC is an integral part of the Participating Nations’ military command structures. The EATC fits into national structures as a link between the Air Staff/Air Force The new structure of the EATC The last five years the EATC has grown in numbers.The accession of Spain and Italy has ational side, namely the increase of flight amounted to an increase of personnel and tasks necessitating a restructuring of the in- controllers at Mission Control.To cope with ternal organization. The positions and structure of the EATC are evaluated on a yearly the additional number of missions an extra basis. So far, this has led to minor adjustments at branch level.The last accession nego- position inside each on duty-shift is called tiations made it clear that the current structure was no longer to incorporate the tasks for. Another change, though invisible on which come along with a fleet of over 200 aircraft. the organizational chart is the extra posi- Looking at the EATC organizational chart, the Policy and Support Division has a Di- tion of one supervisor inside the Opera- the creation of a third division immediate- vision head and a deputy,both of them at tional Division. ly stands out. Beside the Operational and OF-5 level. The daily activity of the EATC already Functional Division a third division, Policy Within the EATC, the nations’ interests revealed that employing only two super- and Support, has been created. However are guarded by the Senior National Repre- visors was tight. Hence, and along with an visible this may be, fact is that this will hard- sentatives (SNRs). Since the number of the increased number of activity – read missions – ly change anything within the organization. EATC member nations has gone up from the decision was made to employ one extra The Policy and Support Division com- four to seven, it has resulted in a correspon- supervisor. Prior to this, the Operational Di- bines all entities of the Command Group ding increase in the number of SNRs.With vision already implemented minor changes except the Public Affairs Office, and the Ge- three divisions the EATC has now six posi- by creating separate cells for Air-to-Air re- neral Support area.
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